Garment container



G. WORDINGHAM April 17,1928.

GARMENT CONTAINER Filed July 6, 1927 ELWD'I' diwgnh am attorney I Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES GEORGE WORDINGHAM, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

GARMENT CONTAINER.

Application filed July 6,

This invention relates to paper receptacles and more particularly to a container or shield adapted to be disposed about a suit of clothes or other garment suspended upon a garment hanger in enveloping relation thereto so that the garmentwill be protected and prevented from being soiled or otherwise damaged when returned to the owner by a cleaner.

One object of the invention is to provide a container or shield which is to be disposed about'the garment and fully cot-er the same and includes upper and lower sections readily separable one from the other so that when a garment is returned by a cleaner the owner may detach the lower section in order to inspect the garment and the upper portion or section remain in place and serve as a shield to prevent dust from accumulating upon the garment when it is hung in a closet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container or shield of the type specified which may be formed from a single sheet of paper having portions folded and glued or otherwise secured together so that it assumes an elongated, substantiallytubular shape with its upper end closed but provided with an opening through which a suspending hook of a garment hanger may be passed when the device is in use.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view looking at one side of the container, and

' Fig. 2 is a view looking at the other side of the container and showing the same in use with its lower portion detached.

The garment container or shield constituting the subject-matter of this invention is formed entirely of paper and is of such length and width that it may be disposed about a. suit of clothes suspended upon a garment hanger of a conventional construction and entlrely cover the. suit. The container is preferably of such length that it will extend below the suit and preventdanger of the suit becoming soiled if the lower end of the container should be allowed to drag upon the ground as it is carried from a. delivery wagon to a house. The strip of paper from which the container is formed is folded longitudinally in spaced relation to its sides to provide a wall 1 and its side edges are overlapped, as'sliown at 2, and glued or otherwisesecured together to form awall 3.

from which the container is made.

1927. Serial No. 203,815.

When so folded, the container constitutes a flat tube and its upper -corner portions are then folded inwardly to provide closure flaps4 which overlap the connected side portions of the wall 3 and are glued or otherwise firmly secured thereto. It will thus be seen that the container will be open at its lower end but will have'its upper end closed except the portion between the adjacent upper ends of the flaps 4. This portion is left open to provide a passage 5 through which the suspendin hook 6 of a coat hanger may be passed ancf the upper end of the wall 1 is cut away between the flaps so that the passage may be very easily opened to allow the hook to be passed outwardly without danger of its catching and tearing the paper After the flaps 4 have been folded and secured to the wall 3, the container is scored transversely to provide a line of perforation 7 spaced from its upper end, the line of scoring being provided so that the lower portionof the container may be very easily torn loose from its upper portion.

When the container or shield is in use, a suit of clothes suspended upon a coat hanger .is passed upwardly through the container and the suspending hook 6 of the coat hanger projects outwardly through the passage 5. Therefore, the suit may be suspended from a hanger rail .provided in a delivery wagon or may be suspended from a supporting rail in a store. When the owner receives a suit which has been forwardedto him by a store or cleaner, the lower end of the container may be grasped and a pulling action exerted which will cause it to be torn along the line of scoring 7. The major portion of the suit will be exposed to view, as shown in Fig. 2, and if desired the upper portion may be removed so that the entire suit may be inspected. After the suit hasbeen inspected to determine if there are any defects, it may be hung ina closet with the upper portion of the container in place, as shown in Fig. 2, and this upper portion will constitute a shield to prevent dust from accumulating upon the suit. I have, therefore, provided a device which will serve not only as a container for a suit to be sent to a residence but will also constitute a shield serving to protect a suit from dust but at the same time not sufficiently large to prevent it from being conveniently removed or replaced.

Ill

. opening rear walls joined at the Having thus described the invention, I claim: 4 a

1. A garment shield comprising an elongated body ada ted to be disposed about a garment suspended upon a hanger and having a closed upper end provided with an for a suspending element of the hanger, said body. being weakened portion extending transversely across it in spaced relation to its upper end whereby its lower portion may be readily detached without removing its upper portion from about the garmentand its hanger.

2. A garment shield comprising an elongated body to be disposed about a garment suspended upon a l1anger,'said body being open at its bottom and having front and sides and having their upper corner portions folded over and secured, the front wall between its folded corner portions of the hanger,

provided with a;

being formed at its upper end with a passage for a and said walls being transversely scored in spaced relation to the upper end of the body whereby the lower portion'of the body may be readily detached without removing its upper portion from about the garment and its hanger.

3. A garment shield comprising an elongated body adapted to be disposed about a garment suspended upon a hanger and having a closed upper end provided intermediate its width with an opening for a suspending element of the hanger, said body being provided in spaced relation to its upper end with a transversely extending line of perforations whereby its lower portion may be easily detached without removing its upper portion from about the garment and its hanger.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE WORDINGHAM. [1,. s.l

suspending element I 

